Were cars in 1940 harder to drive or is Babu just really bad? Sunday, April 7th, 1940 Maybe I spent all of a half hour at home today. After church Jakey took me riding and gave me my first driving lesson. He got provoked a few times but on the whole we did well. Admittedly,…
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July, 1940
I love when I get to write about the month I am currently in. When I read something like: Cookie and I lolled around with cooling drinks on our front porch in the bright moonlight. I can say to myself, wow, that sounds nice. What’s even crazier, is that I can go out on the…
Throw Back Thursday
Since I am so obsessed these days with airplanes and flight, I thought I’d go back to a post that explains the image I used in yesterday’s post: Blessed Life! This is a post about passages from 1937. I thought the picture from way back then would be a great one to put in my…
Retro Wednesday: The Great New England Airshow
A rumble, kind of a cracking rumble. A kind of cracking, tearing, rumble. And then it is out from behind the clouds, overhead, and then gone. Fighter planes and stunt men, and much, much more, put on quite a quite a show at Westover Airforce Base this weekend. What could be better than standing on…
June, 1940: Taunton
I’m not sure if I shared with you that the choir Babu is a part of had a trip planned around a concert in Taunton, MA. It looked as if Babu would not be able to attend due to her attendance at rehearsals: Monday, June 24th, 1940 I don’t think I can go to Taunton…
June, 1940
I’ve written a lot recently about a heartbreaking, but temporary, rift between Babu and Jake in the middle of 1940 but the crux of it was really surrounding the Nee-Wah trip to Brookside Campground in Chester, MA. These girls always get into trouble on this trip. Check out this passage if you don’t remember 😉…
May, 1940: The Lighter Side
Friday, May 3rd, 1940 Tonight I was going to wash my hair before anyone came. I was just about to dip my head in the water and the doorbell rang. As a result, Jakey, Billy, Yvette, and I went bowling. Now I have a new score to brag about – 92. We bought a bag…
Uncomfortable: Part Three: The Ethics of Nonfiction
I have been wrestling with this for about a week now, ever since I transcribed a few of these passages and came across an alarming pattern. Now, It may be a pattern that leads to nothing. Nothing to see here, folks! It could also be a part of the story that would matter very deeply…
Throw Back Thursday: Twitches of Fate
Yes, I am still trying to find the time to go back through old posts. This will be post 426-I believe-and some of those I posted over a year and a half ago. I took some time to read this post as I was intrigued by the title I chose: Twitches of Fate That Bring…
Retro Wednesday: The Springfield Airport
Leave our home and head to the top of Bonneville. Take a left and go down Fairview which shifts onto Abbey Memorial. Pass the cemetery and Szot Park and come to the lights. Take a right then a quick left, unless you want some Papa John’s. You are in what my husband and I and…
Uncomfortable, Part Two
It’s awkward enough reading and writing about Babu’s desires for Jakey and how she fights to resist temptation: Saturday, April 20th, 1940 Peaches and I went for a ride. It didn’t last long cause we drove into our stall and almost drove ourselves to destruction. But some things are even more awkward than that. As…
Uncomfortable: Part One
Now that I feel I truly exhausted February, March, and the beginning of April, it’s time I move on to some pages that were a bit more uncomfortable to read and left me wondering how would I write about them. Writing about what is in these pages means writing about Babu. No matter what I…
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